live from london. this is bbc news. health officials in gaza say israeli air strikes have killed 81 people in the past 24 hours. iran holds a major state funeral in tehran for senior iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists killed by israel this month. a day after being forced into a u-turn on welfare reform, sir keir starmer says britain's benefits system is broken and he's committed to repairing it. fixing it is a moral imperative but we need to do it in a labour away, conference, and we will. -- fixing it is a moral imperative but we need to do it in a labour way, conference,

and we will. health alerts and fears of wildfires. much of southern europe is entering a heatwave, with temperatures forecast to reach more than 40-degrees. and politics at glastonbury - kneecap performs but is not telecast live by the bbc - while another performer chants slogans against the israeli army. hello, i'm lauren taylor. let's start this hour in gaza where the hamas-run health ministry says israeli airstirkes have killed 81 people and injured 422 in various parts of the territory in the last 24 hours. the ministry whose figures the un finds reliable says that ambulance and civil defence crews are facing difficulties in reaching a number of victims trapped under the rubble and on the roads, due to the field situation and the impossibility of movement in some of the affected areas. israel does not allow foreign journalists free access to gaza. our correspondent in jerusalem dan johnson has more on the situation in gaza. a number of incidents have been reported in the last 24 hours across gaza. it's not clear exactly how many people have been caught up

in exactly which incident, but we are told that at least 12 people were killed in an airstrike near to the palestine stadium, and that's somewhere that had been sheltering displaced palestinian refugees who were living in tents. one of the videos overnight showed families and relatives searching through the sand and rubble there, trying to find people who'd been caught up in that attack. and we're told that eight people living in nearby apartments were also killed in that airstrike. but a number of other incidents reported involving either the israeli air force or unmanned drones opening fire. there are also reports from the gaza civil defence that two more palestinians were killed queuing for aid. that's the sort of incident that we've seen repeatedly over the past month, since the gaza humanitarian foundation took over the running of the aid distribution network across gaza that organisations come under criticism for the shortage of aid and the fact that these crowds have built up outside its centres repeatedly, which has led to these incidents of security guards or soldiers opening fire. we're told two more people killed in a similar incident today.

and all these deaths and further injuries in continued airstrikes. no direct comment from israel's military. but we're also waiting for further details. difficult to get verification because we're not allowed to report independently in gaza. we can't go there ourselves. so we're reliant on colleagues on the ground feeding us updates, material and pictures of exactly what has happened there. but this is all going to add to the pressure for renewed efforts to try to find a ceasefire in gaza now. and indeed on that, there's some suggestion from the mediators in qatar and also from president trump, that there could be something on the horizon, that there's some sort of momentum there. yes, the talk is of momentum,

some optimism, given the truce between iran and israel, which is now still holding, has been in place since early this week. the sense from donald trump seemed to be that he could now go on and oversee a peace deal between israel and hamas, which would end the hostilities across gaza. the qataris are set to mediate those talks. the hope is that they can start next week, but a lot would have to be worked out there. a deal needs to be done to release the remaining israeli hostages. and the future status of hamas and its key officials is something that would have to be agreed. there was a cease fire at the start of this year, just when donald trump took office, but it only lasted two months before israel again launched strikes. but given the current climate, the loss of palestinian life, the threat of starvation that the population there is facing, agencies like the un have been repeatedly warning about the shortage of aid. so there is pressure on all sides for israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu to cease hostilities in gaza, to protect palestinian life, but also to protect the lives of israeli soldiers who have continued to die there. and in the past few hour, the israel defense forces say they have killed one of the men considered to be a founder of hamas, hakham muhammad issa al-issa.

the idf says al-issa was a senior figure in the military wing of hamas and was the head of combat support headquarters. they say he played a significant role in the planning and execution of the october 7th attacks. they say he was killed in a joint operation with the israel security agency, in the area of sabra in gaza city on friday. huge crowds in the iranian capital tehran have attended a state funeral to honour the senior military commanders and leading nuclear scientists killed by israel earlier this month. it comes as president trump warned he would consider bombing iran again, if he felt it was necessary. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in tehran. she is being allowed to report from the capital on condition that none of her coverage is used on the bbc's persian service, which broadcasts to the people of iran. this law from the authorities applies to all international media agencies operating in iran. lyse has been covering today's ceremony. a defining moment for the islamic republic of iran. mourning fills the streets, but also anger and defiance.

these are the foot soldiers of the revolution, the islamic order's most loyal supporters, chanting the old slogans death to america and death to israel, holding the iranian flag high, waving the photographs of some of their top military commanders. their leading nuclear scientists assassinated by israel in the 12 day war. they remain intensely loyal to their leaders at a time when iranians across this country are confronting new dangers and also new questions about their relationship with the wider world and what is the best way forward. sir keir starmer says there is a "moral imperative" to change the welfare system, despite having to perform a u-turn on his plans to cut benefits, to stave off a backbench rebellion. speaking to the welsh labour conference this morning, the prime minister said fixing the 'broken' welfare system would have to be

done in a 'labour way', after more than 120 mps threatened to block his proposals. the initial plans would have made it harder for people to claim a personal independence payment or pip. but the stricter criteria will now only apply to new claimants. iain watson reports. cheers for keir starmer at the welsh labour conference, but would he have got such a warm reception if you hadn't conceded changes to his welfare reforms? more than a quarter of his mps expressed concerns. disabled people who currently claim personal independence payments will now no longer lose out. but the prime minister insisted the benefits system still needed to change. and everyone agrees that our welfare system is broken, failing people every day. a generation of young people written off for good and the cost spiralling out of control. fixing it is a moral imperative, but we need to do it in a labour way, conference.

£1 billion package to help people into work will now be brought forward, but from the end of next year, new applicants for personal independence payments could still face stricter criteria. so what did his party's rank and file think? we're amazed we found ourselves in this situation with less than a year in power. and no labour government should be attacking benefit claimants. they shouldn't be attacking elderly, poor pensioners. one could see the car crash happening and the compromise that's reached is not great, but it'll do for the moment. mps will vote on the welfare reforms on tuesday. some labour mps, like some charities, say the government's concessions will lead to a two tier system, with existing claimants potentially getting paid more than new claimants who have exactly the same condition. this is ultimately still a cost-cutting measure, and that means that, however they try and co-produce the system for these new people moving forwards, we're going to be taking billions of pounds out of the pockets of people with high levels of vulnerability when there are better alternatives on the table.

despite phone calls and text messages from some cabinet ministers this weekend, some labour mps simply won't fall into line. perhaps around 50 of them currently intend to call for changes to the government's own legislation when a vote comes on tuesday. this would delay the welfare reforms in their entirety until further assessments of their impact on disabled people have been made. now, at the moment, these numbers aren't enough to defeat the government, but some mps say they're still making up their mind, and even a government victory will come at the price of a significant rebellion. and money still has to be found to pay for the government's concessions. these attempts to reform welfare are proving financially and politically very costly. ian watson, bbc news. in the us, president trump is hoping that what he's described as a very good week on the world stage can give him

momentum with getting a huge domestic policy package through congress- the so called "big beautiful bill". and it has been a busy week. he ordered strikes on iran's nuclear facilities - which culminated with a ceasefire between israel and iran. he had nato members agree to his demand for an increase in defence spending up to 5% of gdp. the supreme court ruled - at least partially - in his favour on citizenship birthright. he described it as a 'giant win'. and he's overseen a peace deal brokered between the democratic republic of congo and rwanda - ending two decades of fighting. robert moran who is a former republican pollster and strategist. i asked him if the momentum will help donald trump with his big beautiful bill. the legislative process is never pretty and that applies here. it is never linear and that also applies. but he has momentum across a number of things, including foreign policy wins this week. and i think there's also the calculus in the house and senate among republicans that this is a must pass party line vote bill, and they need to do it sooner rather than later,

because the longer they wait to hammer this agreement out, the more likely it will unravel. and so i think they're going to try to get meaningful progress this weekend, and then get a vote before the 4th of july and get it done. and is the problem with this, that republicans are worried that their constituents won't necessarily feel better off with these tax cuts, and at the same time, they'll be losing some of their benefits, so republicans will feel it at home in their constituencies? i think the issue here is they want to extend the tax cuts. they want to get some insurance on making sure that the economy can improve. and they also need to pass this bill, or some version of it. the challenge is that in the senate, republicans have enough votes.

in the house, they have such a narrow majority that is very difficult to cobble together, something that, you know, 89% of their caucus can agree upon. and so there are really just two sticking points that they're trying to hammer out. one is what's called salt, which is the tax exemption for state and local taxes and your federal taxes. and the other one is medicaid cuts. and they're really trying to hammer those out, but they have no margin in the house to spare. and so that means any small cluster of members could sort of almost hold the process hostage. and that's what that's why they're trying to move so quickly. and what about the constituencies? i mean, we mentioned one of the elements of his week, which was the iran action. and there was some big unhappiness among some of the maga supporters at the time that this was being discussed. has that moment of risk for president trump with that kind of fracture within maga past, or do you think that that's still potentially there as an issue and might affect some of this domestic policy? i think it's overblown. i mean, the flash polling that is already public on this showed widespread

support for the strike, especially among maga republicans. there were some voices, some very conservative maga voices that were their concern is some kind of a regime change and nation building effort that would go on for years, so-called forever wars, which is what led to the fracture in the republican party coming out of iraq years ago. that's what their concern is. southern europe is expecting an intense heatwave this weekend - with temperatures likely to exceed 40 celsius in some areas. spain, italy, france and greece have warned about wildfires and the impact of the heat on health. guy hedgecoe is in madrid and gave us the latest from there. spaniards do their best to deal with the first heatwave of the year. in the grid, they went into the low 40s.

spaniards do their best to deal with the first heatwave of the year. in madrid, temperatures climbed into the high 30s celsius - in parts of the southern region of andalusia, the low 40s. people have been advised to stay indoors if possible during the hottest part of the day. but it's not just spain. the heat is spreading to its neighbours. in portugal, temperatures are expected to rise into the mid 40s this weekend. rome is just one of several italian cities on red alert, and france, like much of southern europe, is also experiencing unusually high temperatures for this time of year. scientists point to climate change as an overarching factor. this current heatwave is partly due to hot air pushing up from north africa. it's become increasingly common for heatwaves in spain and across southern europe to take place not just in july and august, but also earlier in the year. the spanish weather agency says it expects this month to be the hottest june on record. the extreme hot weather is expected to last

into next week. millions of people across europe are going to have to cope with what looks like being a long, hot summer. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. tens of thousands of people have defied the hungarian government and turned out at the beginning of the banned annual lgbt pride march in the centre of budapest. a new law - which prime minister victor orban said targets today's march - makes it an offence to hold events that 'depict or promote' homosexuality to anyone under eighteen. the liberal mayor of budapest says the police can't ban any march sanctioned by his city council. many hungarians and other europeans have been flocking to budapest to show their support for the event despite reports that far right protesters may try to disrupt it. our correspondent nick thorpe is in downtown budapest with the latest. on a scorching summer's afternoon, tens of thousands of people marched through budapest to celebrate pride, several times larger than previous years as many hungarians and people from across europe or the world came here to celebrate liberal freedoms and tolerance. the right of expression, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly. the police kept a low profile. the prime minister and his government, for their part, tried to reclaim the word

pride. they posted photographs. they flooded the internet, especially facebook and other social media with images of what they are proud of their children, their grandchildren in an attempt to steer the narrative to reclaim the pride word. it's not known yet, as everyone celebrates victory this afternoon in budapest, what legal consequences the organisers or the participants might face for taking part in what was, after all, a march which the government and the police declared to be illegal. now it's time for a look at today's sport. there was a degree of redemption for lando norris in spielberg ahead of the austrian grand prix, a fortnight ago in canada, he crashed into his mclaren team-mate oscar piastri and failed to finish,

but the british driver is on pole for sunday's race, after a really dominant performance in qualifying at the red bull ring. over half a second clear of ferrari's charles le clerc. piastri, the championship leader, was third quickest, splitting the two ferarris with lewis hamilton also on the second row. piastri was slightly unlucky, having to abort his final flying lap, after pierre gasly spun in front of him, bringing out the yellow flags. i'm excited. long race tomorrow as well is a long season and i'm very happy with today but i want to want to prove to myself over and over again and hopefully this is just the beginning of it. i'm pretty disappointed but knowing myself i did not get to do the last lap of q3 because of the yellow flag but i think paul was going to be a tough battle to win but the front row it was definitely that it is taking. -- pole was going to be a tough battle to win.

palmeiras are the first side through to the club world cup quarter-finals, they beat fellow brazilians botafogo 1-nil in philadelphia. paulinho with the winner in extra time. they'll play either chelsea or benfica, that match kicks off in around 40 minutes. blues midfielder enzo fernandez used to play for benfica, after a slow start to his chelsea career, the argentine has become a key player for the premier league side. this season struggled a bit at the beginning to understand the way you want to play and then is doing fantastic in terms of numbers, goals, assists. his contribution this season has been top and this next season will be even better. and the under 21 european championship final is underway. defending champions england are taking on germany in slovakia. england lost to the germans in the group phase, but have looked impressive in their knock out wins over favourites spain and the netherlands.

harvey elliot with his fifth goal in the tournament , he also scored against spain and the netherlands in the quarters and semi-finals. we're two days away from the start of wimbeldon and australia's maya joint has beat alexandra eala from the phillipines in a thrilling final at the eastbourne international. the match went all the way to a deciding tie-break - where 19-year-old joint saved four match points before converting her second of the day. it is joint second title on the wta tour after winning in morocco earlier this year. and in the men's final, taylor fritz successfully defended his title beating fellow american jenson brooksby 7-5 , 6-1. brooksby was only in the draw as a lucky loser so has had a good run. but that's a fourth eastbourne title for fritz who will be the fifth seed at wimbledon while in germany, jessica pegula has beaten iga swiatek in the final of the bad homburg open, winning in straight sets. it is pegula's ninth wta tour title and the american will be amongst the favourites at wimbledon, where she is seeded third.

ducati's marc marquez brushed aside two crashes in practice to cruise to his ninth sprint victory of the season at the dutch grand prix. marquez started back in fourth on the grid at the so-called 'cathedral of speed' but still secured victory. he now leads his broither alex - who finished second - by 43 points in the overall standings ahead of sunday's main race. ducati's francesco bagnaia, who's third in the championship, could only manage fifth place. and that's all the sport for now. i will be back with you in the next hour. thank you very much indeed. huge crowds have watched kneecap's performance at glastonbury today despite calls for them to be banned from the music festival. the irish band made an impassioned speech about the war in gaza, criticising israel's conduct of the war. the bbc said it would not live stream kneecap's set and instead show it on-demand on digital platforms. one of its members -

liam og o'hannaidh - has been charged with allegedly displaying a flag in support of the proscribed terrorist organisation hezbollah at a gig last november. he denies the charge. headliners tonight include charlie xcx on the other stage, and neil young. these are live pictures from glastonbury. our cultire reporter noor nanji is in glastonbury with the latest. well, i'm here at glastonbury, where, as you say, day two of music is well and truly under way. and what a day it's been. we've had everyone from the kaiser chiefs to jade. and we also just learned who that mystery band patchwork were. so you might remember, there was a band called patchwork on the line-up. no one knew who exactly they were. turns out they were pulp, and you could say it was a pretty badly kept secret. i mean, i was down at pyramid stage this morning and there were people already queuing then because they were so convinced it was going to be pulp who walked onto stage. and they were right. but they are just concluding their set now as a brilliant set on the pyramid stage. and then tonight it's going to be neil young.

he is headlining this set, the festival tonight, and then he's facing some stiff competition because on the other stages we've also got charli xcx, who's of course this amazing pop sensation. you've got a rapper from the us, who's really had a remarkable ascent in the last year, and then the scissor sisters as well. so there's loads for people to be going off and i can tell you, i've got some fans here who are waiting for charli xcx and they are very, very excited to see her. i think you guys are very excited about charli, i know. yeah. we are. we're obsessed with charli. what is it about charli xcx that speaks to you? so she very much has been adept at the game for all her 20s. she's been working so hard, but she never really had her big break. but she's now 32. in the last two years have been her time, and it's so great to see a female singer that is hitting her stride after her 30s. and like speaking for the voice of all the girlies. and we love her. we love her so much. and have you been fans for a long time?

yeah, such a long time. yeah. we love. and of course there's the apple dance. the viral tiktok dance. do you guys know it? can you demonstrate it for us? we will demonstrate the apple dance. are you ready? three. two. one. go! that was absolutely brilliant. i hope she picks you out in the crowd because, you know, you guys know the moves. thank you so much. have a great time. well, there's loads on here, as you can tell, but as you were also saying in the introduction, then there's also been kneecap, the irish rap trio who was also on the line-up. and as you said earlier today, there was the as you mentioned in your introduction, one of the members, liam og, was recently in court charged with a terror offence relating to allegedly displaying

a flag in support of his brother at a gig. now, we should say that he denies those charges, but the prime minister, sir keir starmer, did say that he didn't think it was appropriate for kneecap to be performing here at glastonbury. well, perform they did. and earlier today they drew a crowd. thousands of people showed up to see them and it was a heavily politicised set. they were repeating chants against keir starmer, and they were also repeating those pro-palestinian messages that some of their sets have become known for. now, before kneecap, there was the rapper bob vylan, and he has also been equally vocal in his position on the gaza war. and he led the crowd in anti idf chants. jeff bezos, the founder of amazon and one of the world's richest men, has married the former journalist lauren sanchez in venice. the event is reported to have cost around 46 million dollars and was relocated from the city centre after protests from venetians. the celebrations have attracted many high profile celebrities but also protests. our correspondent sarah rainsford is in venice and has been spotting the celebrities under the scorching sun. three days of lavish parties here in venice, culminating this evening with the big gala event at a venue which is slightly away from the city centre,

because of the protests. i think there were concerns about security. there had been some promises or threats from protesters that they would throw themselves into the canals here and try to block the way for guests trying to get to this celebrity event that apparently is not going to happen. but still, the main venue for this evening has been moved out of town. but it has been, as you say, three days of glitz and glamour. lots of people here in venice with their phones out poised, trying to get those photos of the rich and the famous who have been here in the city. but to be quite honest, it's pretty hard to spot them. there are 200 or so a-list celebrities in town. the paparazzi get the occasional photograph as they as they step onto water taxis and make their way around the canals here, or head to one of the big events. but for the rest of us, it is pretty much venice as usual, despite the concerns ahead of this event that basically the wedding was going to take over the city and there'd be nowhere else for other people to move.

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this is bbc news, the headlines... health officials in gaza say israeli air strikes have killed 81 people across the palestinian territory in the past 24 hours. israel's military says it's killed a founding member of hamas in gaza. the idf says hakham muammad issa al-issa helped plan the october 7th attacks. sir keir starmer says his welfare reforms strike the right balance after making concessions to his own backbench mps. speaking to the welsh labour conference, the prime minister says he is committed to making changes. health alerts and fears of wildfires - as much of southern and central europe enters a heatwave, temperatures are forecast to reach more than 40 degrees and a surge in heatstroke cases is expected.

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